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Shloka 46

Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor

Devanagari script

तद् भयाच्च मया ह्यात्मा क्षिप्तः सागरगाजले तयास्मि देशमानीता इमं मानुषवर्जितम्

Transliteration

tad bhayācca mayā hyātmā kṣiptaḥ sāgaragājale tayāsmi deśamānītā imaṃ mānuṣavarjitam

Translation

ด้วยความหวาดกลัวต่อสิ่งนั้น ข้าพเจ้าจึงทิ้งตนลงสู่สายน้ำแห่งสมุทร และนางผู้นั้นได้นำข้าพเจ้ามายังแดนนี้ อันปราศจากมนุษย์

Word by Word

तत्from that

भयात्from fear

चand

मयाby me

हिindeed

आत्माmyself / the self

क्षिप्तःthrown

सागरगाजलेin the ocean-water

तयाby her

अस्मिI am

देशम्to a place

आनीताbrought

इमम्this

मानुषवर्जितम्devoid of humans

Speakers

First-person narrator continuing the account; ‘tayā’ (“by her”) indicates a female agent (identity not specified in input).

Key Themes

Fear and forced displacementLiminal waters (ocean/river) as transition spaceEntry into an uninhabited sacred/otherworldly region

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Does ‘sāgara-gā-jale’ mean ocean water or river water?

The compound can be read as ‘in the waters of the ocean/river’—with sāgara clearly indicating a sea-like expanse, while gā can function as ‘river’ in compounds. Without manuscript variants or wider context, a conservative translation keeps the ambiguity: a vast water-body associated with oceanic/riverine waters.

Who is the ‘her’ (tayā) that brings the narrator to an uninhabited place?

The verse only signals a feminine agent; she could be a woman, a goddess, a river-personification, or a protective being encountered at the tīrtha. Identification requires adjacent verses; here we preserve the referential openness while noting the narrative role: conveyance/rescue/abduction into a humanless region.

What is the significance of ‘mānuṣa-varjita’ in a Purāṇic geography setting?

‘Humanless’ regions often mark sacred, dangerous, or transitional zones—forests, islands, or liminal landscapes where extraordinary encounters occur. In a geography-forward Purāṇa, such descriptors help classify terrain as outside ordinary settlement, preparing for tīrtha revelation or mythic events.